The progress from a changed consciousness to a changed
conviction is directed by the Holy Spirit. The Spirit works
with the Word. He does not work against the Word or
without the Word. The Word and the Spirit go toge!her.
Doctrine and life go together. To separate them is to frustrate
the work of sanctification within us and to grieve the
Holy Spirit.
-R. C Sproul
| Title |
Notes |
Receiving Christ  |
Michael Horton |
| But Spiritual Discernment is Wholly Lost Until we are Regenerated |
John Calvin |
| Faith and Regeneration |
Charles Spurgeon |
| The Necessity of the Use of Means in the Spirit's Work of Monergistic Regeneration |
JW Hendryx |
| Illumination: The Holy Spirit Gives Spiritual Understanding |
J.I. Packer |
| The Necessity of Divine Influence to Make the Ministry Efficient |
John Angell James, 1847 |
| The Nature, Causes and Means of Regeneration |
John Owen |
| The Holy Spirit In the Ministry of the Word |
Bob Burridge |
| The Holy Spirit Must Quicken |
A.W. Pink |
| Born Again Through the Living and Abiding Word |
John Piper |
| The Holy Spirit In the Ministry of the Word |
Pastor Bob Burridge God has specially revealed Himself to man and preserved that propositional revelation in his written word. Just as our fallen nature demands special revelation, so also our fallen nature demands the work of the Holy Spirit if that pro |
| The Spirit and the Scriptures |
John M. Frame - originally in Donald A. Carson and John D. Woodbridge, ed., Hermeneutics, Authority, and Canon (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1986), 213-235 |
| The Twofold Use of the Law & Gospel: Letter & Spirit |
Martin Luther (1483-1546) |
| Word & Spirit, Mind & Heart |
John Calvin |
| On the Two Great Instruments in the Conversion of Sinners |
Thomas Reade |
| If Divine Election is True then What Need is There to Preach the Gospel? |
J.W. Hendryx |
| Biblical Regeneration and Affectional Theology |
J.W. Hendryx |
| The Authority & Power of the Word upon the Heart |
J.C. Philpot |
| The Word of Men and the Word of God |
J.C. Philpot |
| The Necessity of Word & Spirit in Conversion |
John Calvin |
| The Necessity of Word & Spirit in Conversion |
John Calvin |
| Inward Witness: Scripture is Authenticated by the Holy Spirit |
J.I. Packer |
| The Preaching of the Gospel and the Work of the Holy Spirit |
John Hendryx |
| The Bible, the Preacher, and the Spirit (.pdf) |
Vincent Cheung |
| Perceiving the Power of Preaching |
R.C. Sproul |
| Th Relationship Between Word & Spirit, Mind & Heart |
John Calvin |
| Spirit and Word: Lessons from Puritanism (.pdf) |
Andrew Davies, Reformation & Revival 5:3 (Summer 1996): 93-109. |
| The Spirit and the Word: What God Has Joined Together Let No Man Divide (.pdf) |
Rick Ritchie, Reformation & Revival 3:2 (Spring 1994): 49-59. |
The Beginnings: Word & Spirit in Conversion 
Institutes of the Christian Religion 
Finally Alive